SR91 Alabama 2019 Session

Summary

Session

Regular Session 2019

Title

Senate, Special Order Calendar

Summary

SR91 is a Senate resolution that names a set of bills to be the priority special order for the Twenty-fourth Legislative Day.

What This Bill Does

If adopted, the listed bills are given precedence and must be acted on before all other business on that day. The items cover topics such as emergency-state consumer protections, redevelopment financing around military bases, teaching certificate extensions, emergency-vehicle rules, tax exemptions for specific organizations, court jurisdiction, health care provider authority, energy act provisions, regulation of fantasy contests, and absentee voting procedures.

Who It Affects

• General public and consumers in Alabama, who may be affected by new or revised rules on consumer protection during emergencies and by absentee voting changes.
• Organizations, nonprofits, schools, local governments, and public agencies that would be subject to tax exemptions, regulatory changes, or new authorities (e.g., redevelopment authorities near bases, healthcare provider expansions, and court jurisdiction changes).

Key Provisions

• SB379: Alabama State of Emergency Consumer Protection Act with enhanced criminal penalties under certain conditions; amendments to multiple sections (13A-9-114, 34-8-6, 34-14A-14, 34-31-32, 34-36-16, 34-37-17).
• SB410: Allows formation of redevelopment authorities by counties and municipalities to finance projects near operating or closed military bases; gives eminent domain powers.
• SB304: Extends emergency teaching certificate validity from 1 year to 2 years; amends sections 16-3-16, 16-23-3, 16-23-16.1, 16-24C-3.
• SB267: Allows authorized emergency vehicles to use personal vehicles with purple emergency lights; amends sections 32-1-1.1 and 32-5A-115.
• SB201: Provides sales and use tax exemption for Victims of Crime and Leniency, Incorporated.
• SB297: Adjusts jurisdiction for circuit and district courts; amends sections 12-11-30 and 12-12-30.
• SB226: Exempts High Socks for Hope, Inc. from state, county, and municipal sales and use taxes.
• HB381: Expands provider authority to include nurse practitioners and physician assistants in healthcare provisions for disabled individuals; consent not required under certain conditions; amends Sec. 22-8-1.
• HB517: Removes the sunset provision from the Energy Security Act of 2015 (Sec. 37-4-150).
• HB361: Establishes Fantasy Contests Act with regulation, consumer protections, audits, and civil penalties for fantasy contest operators.
• SB301: Reforms absentee voting procedures, expands when authorized, requires photo identification for applications, and amends multiple sections including repealing 17-9-51.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 24, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.

Subjects

Resolutions, Legislative